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The Great Duel
The Great Duel

The Great Duel

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A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

118 mins

Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

03 June 1964

Country

Japan

Cast

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Chiezō Kataoka

Chiezō Kataoka

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Nami Munakata

Nami Munakata

Kotaro Satomi

Kotaro Satomi

Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kōshirō Harada

Kōshirō Harada

Yuriko Mishima

Yuriko Mishima

Kayako Sono

Kayako Sono

Shunji Kasuga

Shunji Kasuga

Masahiko Naruse

Masahiko Naruse

Kiyoshi Kachi

Kiyoshi Kachi

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi Kato

Kazutarō Kuni

Kazutarō Kuni

Shinnosuke Ogata

Shinnosuke Ogata

Harue Yasuki

Harue Yasuki

Haruhiko Nishi

Haruhiko Nishi

Kyōichi Hara

Kyōichi Hara

Kenji Egi

Kenji Egi

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Shôtarô Kizuki

Shôtarô Kizuki

Hajime Nagoya

Hajime Nagoya

Reiichi Hatanaka

Reiichi Hatanaka

Kunijirō Yanagi

Kunijirō Yanagi

Ryutaro Otomo

Ryutaro Otomo

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